Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 56
GaP 1 56.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ५६ हरिरुवाच । सप्त मेधातिथेः पुत्राः प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरस्य च । ज्येष्ठः शान्तभवो नाम शिशिरस्तदन्तरः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 56 hariruvāca / sapta medhātitheḥ putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarasya ca / jyeṣṭhaḥ śāntabhavo nāma śiśirastadantaraḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 56. Hari said: (There were) seven sons of Medhātithi, lord of the Plakṣa continent: the eldest was named Śāntabhava, and next to him Śiśira.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.2
सुखोदयस्तथा नन्दः शिवः क्षेमक एव च । ध्रुवश्च सप्तमस्तेषां प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरा हि ते
sukhodayastathā nandaḥ śivaḥ kṣemaka eva ca / dhruvaśca saptamasteṣāṃ plakṣadvīpeśvarā hi te
Then Sukhodaya, Nanda, Śiva, and Kṣemaka, and Dhruva as the seventh of them — these indeed are the lords of the Plakṣa continent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.3
गोमेदश्चैव चन्द्रश्च नारदो दुन्दुभिस्तथा । सोमकः सुमनाः शैलो बैभ्राजश्चात्र सप्तमः
gomedaścaiva candraśca nārado dundubhistathā / somakaḥ sumanāḥ śailo baibhrājaścātra saptamaḥ
Gomeda, Candra, Nārada, Dundubhi, Somaka, Sumanas and Śaila — and Baibhrāja is the seventh mountain there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.4
अनुतप्ता शिखी चैव विपाशा त्रिदिवा क्रमुः । अमृता सुकृता चैव सप्तैतास्तत्र निम्नगाः
anutaptā śikhī caiva vipāśā tridivā kramuḥ / amṛtā sukṛtā caiva saptaitāstatra nimnagāḥ
Anutaptā, Śikhī, Vipāśā, Tridivā, Kramu, Amṛtā and Sukṛtā — these seven are the rivers there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.5
वपुष्माञ्छाल्मलस्येशस्तत्सुता वर्षनामकाः । श्वेतो ऽथ हरितश्चैव जीमूतो रोहितस्तथा
vapuṣmāñchālmalasyeśastatsutā varṣanāmakāḥ / śveto 'tha haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitastathā
Vapuṣmān is the lord of Śālmala; his sons are the names of its regions: Śveta, then Harita, Jīmūta, and Rohita,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.6
वैद्युतो मानसश्चैव सप्रभशाचपि सप्तमः । कुमुदश्चोन्नतो द्रोणो महिषो ऽथ बलाहकः
vaidyuto mānasaścaiva saprabhaśācapi saptamaḥ / kumudaśconnato droṇo mahiṣo 'tha balāhakaḥ
Vaidyuta, Mānasa, and Saprabha as the seventh. (The mountains are) Kumuda, Unnata, Droṇa, Mahiṣa, then Balāhaka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.7
क्रौञ्चः ककुद्मान्ह्येते वै गिरयः सरितस्त्विमाः । योनितोया वितृष्णा च चन्द्रा शुक्ल विमोचनी
krauñcaḥ kakudmānhyete vai girayaḥ saritastvimāḥ / yonitoyā vitṛṣṇā ca candrā śukla vimocanī
Krauñca and Kakudmān — these indeed are the mountains; and these are the rivers: Yonitoyā, Vitṛṣṇā, Candrā, Śuklā, Vimocanī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.8
विधृतिः सप्तमी तासां स्मृताः पापप्रशान्तिदाः । ज्योतिष्मतः कुशद्वीपे सप्त पुत्राः शृणुष्वतान्
vidhṛtiḥ saptamī tāsāṃ smṛtāḥ pāpapraśāntidāḥ / jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe sapta putrāḥ śṛṇuṣvatān
and Vidhṛti as the seventh of them; they are held to bring the quieting of sin. Hear (the names of) the seven sons of Jyotiṣmān on the Kuśa continent:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.9
उद्भिदो वेणुमांश्चैव द्वैरथो लम्बनो धृतिः । प्रभाकरो ऽथ कपिलस्तन्नामा वर्षपद्धतिः
udbhido veṇumāṃścaiva dvairatho lambano dhṛtiḥ / prabhākaro 'tha kapilastannāmā varṣapaddhatiḥ
Udbhida, Veṇumān, Dvairatha, Lambana, Dhṛti, Prabhākara, and Kapila; the succession of regions is named after them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.10
विद्रुमो हेमशैलश्च द्युतिमान्पुष्पवांस्तथा । कुशेशयो हरिश्चैव सप्तमो मन्दराचलः
vidrumo hemaśailaśca dyutimānpuṣpavāṃstathā / kuśeśayo hariścaiva saptamo mandarācalaḥ
Vidruma, Hemaśaila, Dyutimān, Puṣpavān, Kuśeśaya, Hari, and the seventh, Mount Mandara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.11
धूतपापा शिवा चैव पवित्रा सन्मतिस्तथा । विद्युदभ्रा मही चान्या सर्वपापहरास्त्विमाः
dhūtapāpā śivā caiva pavitrā sanmatistathā / vidyudabhrā mahī cānyā sarvapāpaharāstvimāḥ
Dhūtapāpā, Śivā, Pavitrā, Sanmati, Vidyudabhrā, and Mahī as the other — these remove all sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.12
क्रौञ्चद्वीपे द्युतिमतः पुत्राः सप्त महात्मनः । कुशलो मन्दगश्चोष्णः पीवरो ऽथोन्धकारकः
krauñcadvīpe dyutimataḥ putrāḥ sapta mahātmanaḥ / kuśalo mandagaścoṣṇaḥ pīvaro 'thondhakārakaḥ
On the Krauñca continent (there were) the seven sons of the great-souled Dyutimān: Kuśala, Mandaga, Uṣṇa, Pīvara, then Andhakāraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.13
मुनिश्च दुन्दुभिश्चैव सप्तैते तत्सुता हर । क्रौञ्चश्च वामनश्चैव तृतीयश्चान्ध (थ) कारकः
muniśca dundubhiścaiva saptaite tatsutā hara / krauñcaśca vāmanaścaiva tṛtīyaścāndha (tha) kārakaḥ
Muni, and Dundubhi — these seven are his sons, O Hara. And (the mountains are) Krauñca, Vāmana, and third Andhakāraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.14
दिवावृत्पञ्चमश्चान्यो दुन्दुभिः पुण्डरीकवान् । गौरी कुमुद्वती चैव सन्ध्या रात्रिर्मनोजवा
divāvṛtpañcamaścānyo dundubhiḥ puṇḍarīkavān / gaurī kumudvatī caiva sandhyā rātrirmanojavā
Divāvṛt the fifth, and another, Dundubhi, and Puṇḍarīkavān. Gaurī, Kumudvatī, Sandhyā, Rātri, Manojavā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.15
ख्यातिश्च पुण्डरीका च सप्तैता वर्षनिम्नगाः । शाकद्वीपेश्वराद्भव्यात्सप्त पुत्राः प्रजज्ञिरे
khyātiśca puṇḍarīkā ca saptaitā varṣanimnagāḥ / śākadvīpeśvarādbhavyātsapta putrāḥ prajajñire
Khyāti and Puṇḍarīkā — these seven are the rivers of the regions. From Bhavya, lord of the Śāka continent, seven sons were born:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.16
जलद्श्च कुमारश्च सुकुमारोरुणी बकः । कुसुमोदः समोदार्किः सप्तमश्च महाद्रुमः
jaladśca kumāraśca sukumāroruṇī bakaḥ / kusumodaḥ samodārkiḥ saptamaśca mahādrumaḥ
Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Aruṇī, Baka, Kusumoda, Samodārki, and the seventh, Mahādruma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.17
सुकुमारी कुमारी च नलिनी धेनुका च या । इक्षुश्च वेणुका चैव गभस्ती सप्तमी तथा
sukumārī kumārī ca nalinī dhenukā ca yā / ikṣuśca veṇukā caiva gabhastī saptamī tathā
Sukumārī, Kumārī, Nalinī, Dhenukā, Ikṣu, Veṇukā, and Gabhastī as the seventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.18
शबलात्पुष्करेशाच्च महावीरश्च धातकिः । अभूद्वर्षद्वयं चैव मानसोत्तरपर्वतः
śabalātpuṣkareśācca mahāvīraśca dhātakiḥ / abhūdvarṣadvayaṃ caiva mānasottaraparvataḥ
From Śabala, the lord of Puṣkara, came Mahāvīra and Dhātaki; and there were two regions, and the Mānasottara mountain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.19
योजनानां सहस्राणि ऊर्ध्वं पञ्चाशदुच्छ्रितः । तावच्चैव च विस्तीर्णः सर्वतः परिमण्डलः
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ūrdhvaṃ pañcāśaducchritaḥ / tāvaccaiva ca vistīrṇaḥ sarvataḥ parimaṇḍalaḥ
(It) rises upward fifty thousand yojanas, and is just as wide, circular on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.20
स्वादूदकेनोदधिना पुष्करः परिवेष्टितः । स्वादूदकस्य पुरतो दृश्यते लोकसंस्थितिः
svādūdakenodadhinā puṣkaraḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ / svādūdakasya purato dṛśyate lokasaṃsthitiḥ
Puṣkara is encircled by the ocean of sweet water; beyond the sweet-water ocean the (outer) structure of the world is seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 56.21
द्विगुणा काञ्चनी भूमिः सर्वजन्तुविवर्जिता । लोकालोकस्ततः शैलो योजनायुताविस्तृतः । तमसा पर्वतो व्याप्तस्तमो ऽप्यण्डकटाहतः
dviguṇā kāñcanī bhūmiḥ sarvajantuvivarjitā / lokālokastataḥ śailo yojanāyutāvistṛtaḥ / tamasā parvato vyāptastamo 'pyaṇḍakaṭāhataḥ
Twice as large is the golden land, devoid of all living creatures; beyond it (stands) the Lokāloka mountain, ten thousand yojanas in extent; the mountain is enveloped in darkness, and the darkness in turn by the shell of the (cosmic) egg.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition